The states and territories are continuing to negotiate the best framework for a national redress scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, but the Commonwealth's approach is being met with some scepticism on the ground. Abuse victims in the regional Victorian city of Ballarat say they're concerned the scheme won't address the ongoing needs of trauma survivors.

Livelihoods in the tiny Victorian town of Waubra once relied on spuds and livestock, but now wind is a major source of income for many farmers. The town of about 500 people has 128 wind turbines, making it one of the largest wind farms in the southern hemisphere. The town's allegiance to wind has split the town, turning neighbours and friends against each other. And it's also become a magnet for anti-wind farm campaigners, who have labelled a so-called illness that comes with living near turbines, Waubra disease.

Most parents would do anything to keep their child healthy - but what if that meant handing over $250,000 a year, every year, for the rest of their lives? That's the position parents of those with cystic fibrosis currently find themselves in, because a life-changing medicine is yet to be included on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Advocates are now calling for medicine reimbursement system to be adopted in Australia - where drug companies are only paid for the medicine when it is found to have worked.

The highest number of abuse claims paid for by the Catholic Church relate to its education system. At St Patrick's College, in Ballarat, several Catholic priests and Christian Brothers were eventually convicted of sexually abusing children in their care. Now, the school says it wants to change its reputation to one that makes it a leader in child protection.

Former Australian prisoners of war have described it as a war in itself, the torture which thousands suffered in the pacific during captivity in World War II. Today, seven ex-p-o-w's and their families, along with the Governor General, Sir Peter Cosgrove, marked the moment that Singapore fell to the Japanese, 75 years ago, in February 1942. Around two thousand people came to pay their respects at the event, held at the country's only prisoner of war memorial, in the regional Victorian city of Ballarat.

Is Dave Morgan the face of an Australian grain industry rebound?
The Rupanyup farmer is in the midst of harvesting a bumper crop, marking a dramatic recovery from two years of drought and a broken neck.

More than 600 farmers applied for money that came out of a controversial milk deal between the Victorian Farmers Federation and Coles supermarket. VFF president David Jochinke says the lobby group has entered discussions with Woolworths.

Central Victoria is once again home to a modern gold rush. The region was built on the back of a boom in the 1850s, with commercial mining flourishing in the years that followed. Today, commercial mining in the region pales into comparison compared to the boom days. But as Brett Worthington reports, there's been a spike in hobbyists trying their luck in the hope of .

Victorian Agriculture Minister Jaala Pulford rejects suggestions electronic sheep tag scanning technology is not up to scratch and that the Government's consultation with industry stakeholders has been poor.

In a tiny church kitchen in rural Victoria, a group of former prisoners is busily producing jam drops for primary school children. Some of the men describe their baking as a quest for redemption, but among their young customers they've already earned the title "Alli's Angels".

The Royal Commission into Child Abuse has exposed stories of abuse and cover-up, and the failure of the Catholic Church to protect hundreds of children. But the Church's failings haven't been enough to turn away devout Catholics in Ballarat, or reduce the rate of baptisms in the diocese.

Mark Gubbins' 12-year-old nephew died in a quad bike rollover three years ago. He has since invented an automated alert system that, in the event of a rollover, sends text messages to loved ones detailing when and where the incident happened.

It has been well documented that remote and indigenous areas have some of the highest rates of preventable health problems. But a new Grattan Institute report finds that some of those areas are reporting high rates, undetected until now, for 10 years or more and not enough is being done to identify them.